hist-games: XIIIth century games

[SEDWilkins at aol.com]

By the XIII century you'd have mancala variations in the middle east.  Tables 
in Europe and Nardshir in Persia will be variations on our familiar  
backgammon. Merrils in Europe are qirq in the Middle East. Dice/astragals are  al'zahr 
in Arabic. Tab was popular throughout the Arab world (note  that Islam's 
prohibition of gambling will effect regional differences).  Alquerque/al'qirkat 
yes (it came into Europe from the Middle East) and shatranj,  as well-but no 
draughts/checkers yet except in France. Bowls/boules  and quilles, quoit, 
tilting, sadw which was a  nut-pitching game.
 
In a message dated 6/23/2008 8:56:58 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
piotr.adamczyk at muzeum.elblag.pl writes:

Any idea what kind of games culd crusaders (or generally in  Europe and 
Middle East) play in the XIII th century? Bowls, board games  etc. Alquerque could 
be, some kind of bowling maybe (I've seen a small icon  witha painting where 
two people are tossing balls on a small wodden pyramids  standing before 
oponents legs)...



 
Sally  Wilkins


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